define bradyphrenia
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Bradyphrenia Bradyphrenia is a neurological term referring to the slowness of thought common to many disorders of the brain.
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Overview This refers to a slow heartbeat — a resting heart rate less than 60 beats a minute. Not all tachycardias or bradycardias mean you have heart disease. For example, during exercise it's normal to develop a fast heartbeat as the heart speeds up to provide your tissues with more oxygen-rich blood.
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Bradycardia (Slow Heart Rate) Having bradycardia (say “bray-dee-KAR-dee-uh) means that your heart beats very slowly. For most people, a heart rate of 60 to 100 beats a minute while at rest is considered normal. If your heart beats less than 60 times a minute, it is slower than normal. A slow heart rate can be normal and healthy. Or it could be a sign of a problem with the heart's electrical system. For some people, a slow heart rate does not cause any problems.
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Neonatal bradycardia: treatment Neonatal bradycardia: treatment. Definition. Neonatal bradycardia is defined as a decrease in heart by 30 bpm from baseline. Regarding neonatal resuscitation, bradycardia is concerning when the heart rate is less than 100 bpm. The primary cause of neonatal bradycardia is hypoxia. Other causes of bradycardia in this age group include hypothermia, hypovolemia, and pneumothorax, head injury, and medications.
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- Bradycardia (slow heartbeat) means that your heart rate is slower than 60 beats per minute, either occasionally or all the time. For some people (like athletes) a slow heart rate might be normal. In others, it may be dangerous. If you are not taking medications that slow your heart rate down, bradycardia may be caused by a blockage somewhere along the heart’s electrical pathway. Medications commonly used for high blood pressure may include including both drugs used to treat high blood pressure and/or arrhythmias.
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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code I49.1 An arrhythmia is a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat. It means that your heart beats too quickly, too slowly, or with an irregular pattern. When the heart beats faster than normal, it is called tachycardia. When the heart beats too slowly, it is called bradycardia.
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- Fetal bradycardia is defined as a baseline heart rate less than 120 bpm. Bradycardia in the range of 100 to 120 bpm with normal variability is not associated with fetal acidosis.Bradycardia of this degree is common in post-date gestations and in fetuses with occiput posterior or transverse presentations.uscultation of the fetal heart rate (FHR) is performed by external or internal means. External monitoring is performed using a hand-held Doppler ultrasound probe to auscultate and count the FHR during a uterine contraction and for 30 seconds thereafter to identify fetal response.
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Bradycardia: Definition, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment More commonly, we just call this a heart attack. When the blood supply is cut off to the heart, the heart muscle doesn't receive oxygen, resulting in injury. So, just like an injured athlete slows down, so too does an injured heart. Another cause of bradycardia is hypertension, or high blood pressure. High blood pressure makes it very difficult for your heart to push blood out into circulation and causes a reflex in your body (called reflex bradycardia) that slows down the heart in order to try and lower the blood pressure.
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bradycardia A slow heart rate. bradycardia. slow heart rate, defined as 60 beats per minute or less; known as sinus bradycardia when it arises from the normal pacemaker in the heart (the sinoatrial (SA) node), e.g. the slow resting heart rate in trained athletes, when vagal tone is increased.
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Athletic heart syndrome From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Athletic heart syndrome, (AHS) also known as athlete's heart, athletic bradycardia or exercise-induced cardiomegaly is a non-pathological condition commonly seen in sports medicine, in which the human heart is enlarged, and the resting heart rate is lower than normal.he ECG can detect sinus bradycardia, a resting heart rate of fewer than 60 beats per minute. This is often accompanied by sinus arrhythmia. The pulse of a person with athlete's heart can sometimes be irregular while at rest, but usually returns to normal after exercise begins.
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Slow Heartbeat The opposite of bradycardia is tachycardia, when the heart rate is over 100 beats per minute. The heartbeat is controlled by an electrical system that signals the heart muscle to contract, or “squeeze,” pumping blood to the rest of the body. Bradycardia happens when the system slows or blocks these signals.
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bradyphrenia : slowness of mental processes : slowed cognitive functioning Finally, her recent imbalance, bradyphrenia, inattention, confusion, depression, and hyperreflexia suggest a … diffuse pattern of dysfunction, which would suggest participation of nearly every component of the CNS.—Misha L. Pless et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 25 Mar. 2010.
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"Meaning of ""bradykinesia"" in the English dictionary" Define bradykinesia. bradykinesia synonyms, bradykinesia pronunciation, bradykinesia translation, English dictionary definition of bradykinesia. n physiol abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease slowness of movement. — bradykinetic , adj. See also: Motion
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Apnea and Bradycardia What is apnea and bradycardia? Apnea (ap'-nee-ah) is a pause in the regular breathing of a baby lasting longer then 15-20 seconds. Normal breathing may speed up or slow down but usually does not stop for any length of time.
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Bradykinesia Bradykinesia Definition. Bradykinesia is most often seen as a sign of Parkinson’s Disease, though there are other causes for it. The loss of motor control in sequential activities that once were typically fast and easy and now have become dreadfully slow is a form of bradykinesia.radykinesia starts within the central nervous system. The appropriate communication between the brain and the basal ganglia is inadequate to produce the desired movement. Essentially the basal ganglia is hyperactive and therefore unable to deliver the required messages to the muscles in a timely and typical fashion.
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Xanax Withdrawal hyperventilation hy·per·ven·ti·la·tion (hī'pər-věn'tl-ā'shən) n. Abnormally fast or deep respiration resulting in the loss of carbon dioxide from the blood, thereby causing a decrease in blood pressure and sometimes fainting.
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hypokalemia Definition. Hypokalemia is a condition of below normal levels of potassium in the blood serum. Potassium, a necessary electrolyte, facilitates nerve impulse conduction and the contraction of skeletal and smooth muscles, including the heart. It also facilitates cell membrane function and proper enzyme activity.
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Shared Flashcard Set Term. myxedema. Definition. condition resulting from a deficiency of the thyroid hormone thyroxine; a severe form of hypothyroidism in an adult; symptoms include puffiness of the face and hands, course and thickened skin, enlarged tongue, slow speech, and anemia. Term. tetany.
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Bradycardia Bradycardia is a condition wherein an individual has a slow heart rate, typically defined as a heart rate of under 60 beats per minute (BPM) in adults. Bradycardia typically does not cause symptoms until the rate drops below 50 BPM. When symptomatic, it may cause fatigue, weakness, dizziness, sweating, and at very low rates, fainting. During sleep, a slow heartbeat with rates around 40–50 BPM is common, and is considered normal.
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Bradycardia An abnormal sinus bradycardia that is persistent is most often caused by intrinsic sinus node disease — disease within the sinus node itself. Usually, sinus node disease is due to a type of fibrosis (scarring) within the sinus node, which is a common manifestation of aging.
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bradykinesia bradykinesia (brā·dē·ki·nēˑ·sē·), n illness in which an individual moves and speaks in an extraordinarily slow manner; can be caused by extrapyramidal disorders, certain tranquilizers, and Parkinsonism. bra·dy·ki·ne·si·a. A decrease in spontaneity and movement.
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bradycardia a condition in which the heart rate is less than 60/min. Bradycardia takes the form of sinus bradycardia, sinus arrhythmia, and second- or third-degree atrioventricular block. Sinus bradycardia may be caused by excessive vagal tone, decreased sympathetic tone, or anatomical changes.
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Hypokinesia (Redirected from Bradykinesia) Hypokinesia refers to decreased bodily movement. One of the two categories of movement disorders, hypokinesia is characterized by a partial or complete loss of muscle movement due to a disruption in the basal ganglia.
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Bradycardia (Slow Heart Rate) Having bradycardia (say bray-dee-KAR-dee-uh) means that your heart beats very slowly. For most people, a heart rate of 60 to 100 beats a minute while at rest is considered normal. If your heart beats less than 60 times a minute, it is slower than normal.A slow heart rate can be normal and healthy. Or it could be a sign of a problem with the heart's electrical system.or most people, a heart rate of 60 to 100 beats a minute while at rest is considered normal. If your heart beats less than 60 times a minute, it is slower than normal.
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Sinus bradycardia Sinus bradycardia. Sinus bradycardia is a heart disorder characterized by the sinus node firing at a slow (<60 bpm) rate. Burrage H et al (2012) Sick sinus syndrome in a dog: treatment with dual-chambered pacemaker implantation. Trafny DJ et al (2010) Cardiac troponin-I concentrations in dogs with bradyarrhythmias before and after artificial pacing.
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bradypnea (brad-ip-nē'ă), In the diphthong pn, the p is silent only at the beginning of a word. Although bradypne'a is the correct pronunciation, the alternative pronunciation bradyp'nea is widespread in the U.S. Abnormal slowness of respiration, specifically a low respiratory frequency.